Defenition of the word bug

• Defenition of the word bug

  • Any of the suborder Heteroptera, having piercing and sucking mouthparts, specialized as a beak. (Source: CED)
  • A problem in computer software or hardware or in electronic hardware in general.
  • To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.
  • Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
  • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
  • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
  • a fault or defect in a system or machine
  • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
  • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
  • annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
  • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
  • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"
  • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
  • annoy persistently

Synonyms for the word bug

• • annoy
  • bacteria
  • badger
  • beleaguer
  • creepy-crawly
  • error
  • fault
  • germ
  • glitch
  • gremlin
  • harass
  • hemipteran
  • hemipteron
  • hemipterous insect
  • hidden microphone
  • infection
  • infuriate
  • insect
  • intercept
  • irritate
  • keep under surveillance
  • listen in on
  • listening device
  • madden
  • microbe
  • mistake
  • niggle
  • pester
  • problem
  • surveillance device
  • tap
  • tease
  • virus
  • wiretap

Similar words in the bug

• • bug
  • bug's
  • bugaboo
  • bugaboo's
  • bugaboos
  • bugatti
  • bugatti's
  • bugbear
  • bugbear's
  • bugbears
  • bugged
  • buggier
  • buggies
  • buggiest
  • bugging
  • buggy
  • buggy's
  • bugle
  • bugle's
  • bugled
  • bugler
  • bugler's
  • buglers
  • bugles
  • bugling
  • bugs

Meronymys for the word bug

• • Hemiptera
  • order Hemiptera

Hyponyms for the word bug

• • backswimmer
  • bed bug
  • bedbug
  • chinch
  • Cimex lectularius
  • coreid
  • coreid bug
  • leaf bug
  • lygaeid
  • lygaeid bug
  • Notonecta undulata
  • plant bug
  • true bug

Hypernyms for the word bug

• • animal
  • bedevil
  • crucify
  • defect
  • dun
  • eavesdrop
  • fault
  • flaw
  • frustrate
  • insect
  • listen in
  • micro-organism
  • microorganism
  • microphone
  • mike
  • rag
  • tantalize
  • torment

Antonyms for the word bug

• • feature

Idioms for the word bug

• • intermittent bug
  • Balmain bug
  • gold bug
  • lightning bug
  • Morton Bay bug
  • shield bug
  • travel bug
  • true bug
  • snug as a bug in a rug

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  • Synonym for the word buy
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